The most civil of civil wars
Time of Monsters
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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along. --Carl Sandberg
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A truly "civil" war of making blue states the only ones where people enjoy a decent standard of living and adequate safety net
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Hi @bsky.app Let's get this man a blue check too!
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This is some beautiful writing.
This too
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More broadly speaking, I've long been in favor of some sort of national service or mandatory study abroad to really widen people's horizons. Not likely or feasible, but one can dream. 2/2
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I'm saying live in a rural area if you love the good things about rural areas. And help shift the voting balance while you're at it so that our elections in these areas of the country are less distorted. Rural people moving to cities doesn't achieve that. 1/2
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I hear ya
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This is not what all rural areas and rural people are like. Your response tells me a lot about the terrible divide we have.
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I lived in big cities for years. They are also places with plenty of racism and prejudice and class divides. Bigger pockets of tolerance and genuine respect for sure, but not utopias
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Damn, those Epstein files...
